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Illustration of overlapping browser windows with Ecosia's logo, a tree graphic, Firefox's logo, and the text "Together for a better web," alongside a search bar with a green cursor.

Your tech choices matter more than ever. That’s why at Mozilla, we believe in empowering users to make informed decisions that align with their values. In that spirit, we’re excited to announce our partnership with Ecosia, a search engine that prioritizes sustainability, and social impact.

Did you know you could choose the search engine of your choice right from your Firefox URL bar? Whether you prioritize privacy, climate protection, or simply want a search experience tailored to your preferences, we’ve got you covered.

Ecosia goes beyond data protection by addressing environmental concerns. Every search made through the search engine contributes to tree-planting projects worldwide, helping to combat deforestation and regenerate the planet. Ecosia planted over 215 million trees, across the planet biodiversity hotspots, making a tangible difference in the fight against climate change. Just like Mozilla, they are committed to creating a better internet, and world, for everyone.

Together, Mozilla, Firefox and Ecosia are contributing to a web that is more open and inclusive, but above all — one where you can make an informed choice about what tech you use and why. Your tech choices make a difference.

As Firefox and Mozilla continue to champion user empowerment and innovation, we invite you to join us in shaping a web that makes the world better. Together, let’s make a positive impact — one search at a time.

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[–] 2kool4idkwhat@lemdro.id 35 points 4 days ago

So... what does this partnership actually mean? Will Ecosia be the default search engine once the deal with Google ends?

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 60 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Whether you prioritize privacy*, climate protection, or simply want a search experience tailored to your preferences, we’ve got you covered.

Ecosia goes beyond data protection by addressing environmental concerns...

Together, Mozilla, Firefox and Ecosia are contributing to a web that is more open and inclusive, but above all — one where you can make an informed choice about what tech you use and why. Your tech choices make a difference.

Someone should tell Mozilla about the AI-sized environmental concern in their browser?

* ETA: Ecosia doesn't mention privacy as a feature anywhere on its homepage. (I'm not counting the link to its unimpressive privacy policy.) They call themselves "Google, but greener", and I believe them.

[–] hangonasecond@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In that sentence, they're not referring to Ecosia specifically. Rather, they're implying that you can choose a search engine which aligns to that value. A little weird to include it with no examples, in a post specifically about Ecosia, but I believe that's the intent.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 7 points 4 days ago

To wit, the very next sentence sure does seem to say that Ecosia is private.

Ecosia goes beyond data protection by addressing environmental concerns.

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[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 39 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Mozilla is on a great tear. Layoffs, pointless rebrand, and now a shit privacy greenwashing search engine partnership. I'm so excited for the future of Firefox.

[–] TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Which pointless rebrand? I actually like "moz://a".

[–] breakcore@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yea, but they changed to a weird flag thing (?) and a boring font logo:

At least they got this guy:

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 5 points 4 days ago

Oh well, at least the error animals are foxes and not a really weirdly drawn dinosaur

[–] Hiro8811@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago (3 children)
[–] geography082@lemm.ee 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Preflight_Tomato@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago

Firefox WAS Netscape. Netscape was open sourced, rewritten, and released as Firebird (in reference to a phoenix’s rise from Netscape’s ashes). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Mozilla_Application_Suite

[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

I've been following Ladybird as well, and hope it comes to fruition. Without it we're kinda fucked.

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[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Oh great, shitty bing search results with tree NFTs.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

oh no, don't take away Google results that fill the entire screen with ads and irrelevant bullshit that relies my stolen data before my actual search terms!

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

Ecosia being any better in this regard would be news to me. They also rely on ads for funding.

[–] tb_@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (6 children)

As if Google's results haven't been getting worse

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[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 15 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Ecosia, the "green" search engine with AI chat. Perfect match for Firefox, the browser ever more integrated with AI technology.

I've just given up on Mozilla, using Cromite after a decade of Firefox/Fennec on desktop and mobile had been such an upgrade.

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 57 points 5 days ago (15 children)

Id still trust/prefer a firefox based browser than something chromium based. Their are a lot of good firefox forks out their and it helps make googles stranglehold of web standards slower. I wish u luck one manifest v2 gets killed (ik its still supported for some forks of chromium but how long is that gonna last?)

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[–] LWD@lemm.ee 12 points 5 days ago

"Ecosia Chat is powered by OpenAI"

ffs

[–] hubobes@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What exactly is the issue you have with Mozillas AI efforts? They use the technology in a private and sensible way as far as I can tell. Maybe I missed something they did.

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 1 points 3 days ago

You missed their AI sidebar feature, which only feeds your data to corporations by default. Or their Orbit extension, which ditto. (The latter also points to the Mozilla FakeSpot privacy policy, which is clear about selling your browsing and location data to advertisers. No, I'm not joking. It's not clear whether Orbit is FakeSpot adjacent...)

Fakespot itself is an AI powered Mozilla subsidiary that has a history dabbling with NFTs.

Mozilla has even dumped money into Hugging Face (a company that's been given hundreds of millions from other corpos like Salesforce and Nvidia).

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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Wouldn't this upset Google? (who is the biggest revenue source for Mozilla)

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 34 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Mozilla will probably lose (part of or all of, it's not clear yet) Google's funding following their monopoly case, so it's probably best for them to look for other revenue sources.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

They could also stop all this nonsense crap projects they sink money in without any real benefit, and focus mainly on the browser. This would give the browser likely 500% more funding than it has right now.

Have one product, but make it a perfect product.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

So after constantly yelling at Mozilla for 10+ years they should do all kinds of things like a VPN, now we no longer find them to experiment to find alternative money sources?

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

The money sources are not the issue. The money sinks are. An no-one ever yelled at Mozilla to offer a VPN.

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[–] UraniumBlazer@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

500% more funding than it has right now.

From whom?

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] LWD@lemm.ee 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I was waiting for the 2023 forms to drop.

I'm shocked to find out Mitchell Baker has taken a pay cut of ~$600,000, now struggling at a much more relatable $6.2 million instead of $6.9 million

(ETA $600,000 is also her "base" salary, the rest of the $6.2m is her "bonus." She lost one base salary worth of bonuses last year.)

[–] bunitor@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

still, 6 mil is ~10% of their revenue. it's egregious, but cutting the ceo's sallary to zero dollars even would solve nothing

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

That salary could have been redistributed among the employees Mozilla laid off in the Advocacy division, especially right before they published a report claiming Mozilla needed to be known for advocacy and not Firefox. Or put towards Firefox. Or any combination.

Just removing Mitchell Baker's bonus would already be the majority of that.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Their other projects mostly exist, because those make money. The browser hardly does so, outside of the search engine deals.

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